Example sentences for: fountain

How can you use “fountain” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A copy of Verrocchio’s delightful bronze cherub tops the porphyry fountain in the center.

  • A gingerbread gatehouse guards the entrance on the carrer d’Olot; a tiled lizard fountain gurgles water from its jaw; supporting columns mimic tree trunks.

  • Via del Babuino , running north from Piazza di Spagna, is named after an ancient fountain with a statue of Silenus, the grotesque drunken follower of Bacchus, which seemed to resemble a baboon.

  • At its center, the Morosini Fountain dates from Venetian times, though the somber lion statues are three hundred years older.

  • Five floors of book stacks in a décor of orange and burnt sienna surround a brilliant atrium enclosing greenery, a fountain, and a reflector pool, while a transparent elevator zips silently up and down.


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